Formed in recent years to protest the hoopla, lack of intimacy and formulaic nature of mainstream raves, they have become part of youth culture worldwide.

The work is an attempt to outline the perceived formulaic nature of popular music.

If you ever had a doubt as to its formulaic nature, you need to look no further than its title.

"Offsetting the formulaic nature of the stories was a dash of invigorating absurdity," wrote one historian.

Both hated the formulaic nature of sit-coms.

Genre books require a hook of originality to distract from the often formulaic nature of the enterprise.

Most reviews focused on acting and the formulaic nature of the episodes, most prominently the absence of actual killing in a show about Vietnam War veterans.

For the most part, however, the play's formulaic nature eclipses its social content, especially in its second act.

Its accessibility gave it a wide audience, though modern readers may find its somewhat formulaic nature tiresome after a while.

Some voiced concern over the empty, formulaic nature of the narratives.